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to witness the joy a famil- iar meal or toy can bring to a child and his or her fam- ily. Experiencing a normal, happy moment with fam- ily during an otherwise chaotic and uncertain time can bring a lasting smile to a child’s face, and that we will miss.
Jamie Straza
McDonald’s owner/ operator
Leave the Cones Wiped Out This is regarding “Gripes over Clairemont’s New Bike-Lane Barriers” (Neigh- borhood News, July 14). Hahaha! That stretch of road has been a raceway since day one. I was born and raised in Kearny Mesa/Clairemont. I think my top speed through that section was about 110. I know people who have done 130 through there. You didn’t mention cell
phones in that story. Besides, those lanes are for bikes, not pedestrians. Getting hit by a car is nothing to celebrate. Everything is narrow at
high speeds. That speed limit through there is only 45 mph. Everyone is doing about 70. It’s a raceway. Since day one, I knew those cones would get wiped out. Just leave them wiped out. That will be a warning sign to all the idiots who walk through there and ride through there, thinking they’re not going to get run over by a cell phone driver.
John via voicemail
Only Funny to the Insane Re: SD on the QT, July 14: “The Day the Clown Cried, ‘That’s Offensive!’” Jokes about the Holocaust?
Exposing young children to the sick and twisted suffering and murder of millions? How can you be twisted enough to print this? When the press, like you,
is negligent in maintaining moral standards and values, we end up having people in the street openly sporting AK47s or voting for a per-
son who instructs people to punch protesters in the face and his campaign will pay the legal fees. There is not enough
hatred, violence, and warped people so you have to sicken 90,000 more people? How would you explain to the six- year-old who says, “What is this magazine picture of ?” This article is only humor-
ous to the mentally insane. I await your removal of the online version — and your apology.
Joni Peterson La Jolla
A Supposed Foodie Fat-Shaming Diners Re: Feast, July 14: “America’s Absolutely Worst Restaurant and Food” Excuse you? My mistake;
I thought this was a section that featured local eateries (any eatery within San Diego county and possibly Tijuana, Mexico), and not on chain restaurants near San Fran- cisco. For those who don’t know, Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, Califor- nia, located about 14 miles north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. Nowhere near San Diego County. However, that was the least
thing that was off about this review. Describing your child’s dental-related injury in graphic detail, while peo- ple are reading about food? Nice. That alone will cause people to lose their appetite well before you even get to the topic about the food itself. A supposed foodie using
the article to fat shame fellow diners, really? He describes people as “tanks” and closes with — and I quote: “Jesus lady, shit man, get a clue and stop eating!” That’s travers- ing the line between a profes- sional opinion to downright being crass and offensive simply because you found the atmosphere and the food horrible. You can dislike the food
and the atmosphere, and still have some class and deco- rum about it. The way you described your fellow diners was way out of line and not what I’d expect from a Reader food critic.
I usually don’t jump onto
the offended bandwagon but this review was inappropri- ate on so many levels. This is something I’d expect to see on a personal blog, and not in a “local” review. You almost lost an avid
reader, San Diego Reader, and I’ve been reading your periodical for over 10 years. Someone please check over these reviews for content before they are submitted. Teresa Sadler-Shelton via email
Do No Harm I valued the article, “Like Trying to Come up for Air” (July 7 cover story), and only wish a much stronger condemnation of the doc- tors involved. Not just the ones in the article but all of them who are sworn to “do no harm!” Google “anatomical nerve
pathways of the human head” and witness the gall and transgression cutting in that ball park for an elec- tive, non-life-threatening surgery. The worst may be the plas-
tic Surgeons who do it for wrinkles, large noses, etc., but paying the rent should not lead to knife slicing around structures whose interplay with so many other struc- tures, are simply not known. These MDs need to go
back to their medical col- leges’ ethics departments and look around for a refund line. Robert Vanderford Point Loma
Get a Number I’m calling about the issue with the San Diego Char- gers and the new stadium. I’m wondering if you could go back to 1980 and see exactly how much money the city has given the Char- gers to keep them in town, in terms of ticket deals, the renovations of the stadium, the sign-over of the stadium from Jack Murphy to Qual- comm, and just get a num- ber so people can see how much money they’ve been given from the city, and so people can actually see what’s going on.
Karl Mullins via voicemail
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